i just got a 40gb intel ssd for building up a new file server. i really wasn't expecting 275 out of a theoretical 300mb/s. maybe i forgot how to count and it's actually 27.5. :-)
blakely# time dd -if /dev/sdE0/data -of /dev/null -bs 512k -count 100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 0.00u 0.01s 0.19r dd -if /dev/sdE0/data -of /dev/null ... blakely# hoc 512*1024*100/0.19 275941052.6316 - erik